Hampshire
Hampshire | |||
Location Map ( geo) | |||
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Primary Destinations | |||
Andover • Basingstoke • Bournemouth • Fareham • Petersfield • Portsmouth • Ringwood • Southampton • Winchester | |||
Other Important Destinations | |||
Alton • Cowes • Eastleigh • Gosport • Havant • Lyndhurst • Newport • Romsey • Ryde • Southampton Airport • Waterlooville | |||
Current Highway Authorities | |||
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council • Dorset Council • Hampshire County Council • Isle of Wight • Portsmouth CC • Southampton CC | |||
Borders | |||
Berkshire • Dorset • Surrey • Sussex • Wiltshire | |||
National Highways Roads | |||
M3 • M27 • M271 • M275 • A3 • A3(M) • A27 • A31 • A34 • A36 • A303 | |||
Hampshire is a traditional county on the South Coast. Although it is named after Southampton the county town is Winchester. Although the Isle of Wight is part of the county it has been administered separately since 1888.
Geography & Economy
The county runs from the hills above the River Kennet south to the coast, with Southampton Water cutting the southern part of the county in two. Apart from the mainland section, Hampshire also includes England's largest island, the Isle of Wight, and two other islands with high population, Portsea and Hayling. The New Forest lies in the southwest, whilst the South Downs National Park also enters the county.
Hampshire is known for all three branches of the Armed Forces, with the naval base in Portsmouth, the Army barracks in Aldershot and connections between the RAF and Farnborough; the last-named was the location for the first heavier-than-air flight in the UK, by SF Cody in 1908. Southampton is also a major port and has some of the most complete town walls in the county. However, much of the county is rural. Tourism is important in the county's two national parks and the largest industry on the Isle of Wight. Bournemouth is an important seaside resort, as are a few towns on the Isle of Wight. Other tourist attractions include Highclere Castle, Osborne House, the National Motor Museum at Beaulieu and the historic ships moored at Portsmouth.
Roads
Most of Hampshire has a good network of roads, which radiate out from most of the major settlements. The South Downs are not an impediment to traffic but only a few roads cross the New Forest. The Isle of Wight's road network focuses on the island capital of Newport. The road along the south coast is prone to erosion and can still not be driven in its entirety.
Hampshire is the location of two of the more controversial road schemes. In the north part of the Newbury Bypass runs into the county, whilst in the south the M3 Winchester Bypass runs through the Twyford Down cutting. Hampshire is also the location of the first road in the county ever used by a a motor car powered by internal combustion: the car was driven from Micheldever station to Datchet in Buckinghamshire.
Most non-trunk roads in Hampshire are administered by Hampshire County Council or the Isle of Wight Council, although Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council and Portsmouth and Southampton City Councils administer their own areas. There is also a small area west of Ringwood that is administered by Dorset Council. National Highways maintain the main north-south A34 as well as the M3 and A3 which radiate from London and the A27/M27/A31 along the south coast. There are no Trunk Roads on the Isle of Wight.
Route | From | To | Length | |
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M3 | Sunbury, Middlesex | Southampton | 61 miles | View |
M27 | Cadnam | Portsmouth | 28 miles | View |
M30 | Sunbury, Middlesex | Popham, Hampshire | 38.6 miles | View |
M270 | Stonyford | Wigley | 0.5 miles | View |
M271 | Upton, Hampshire | Redbridge, Southampton | 2.3 miles | View |
M272 | Southampton Airport | Southampton City Centre | 3 miles | View |
M274 | Port Solent | Paulsgrove | View | |
M275 | Port Solent | North End | 2.5 miles | View |
A3(M) | Horndean | Bedhampton | 5.6 miles | View |
A36(M) | Stonyford | Wigley | 0.5 miles | View |
A3 | London | Portsmouth (Broad Street) | 78.0 miles | View |
A27 | Whiteparish | Pevensey | 103 miles | View |
A30 | Hounslow | Land's End | 284 miles | View |
A31 | Guildford | Bere Regis | 86.8 miles | View |
A32 | Alton | Gosport | 29.1 miles | View |
A33 | Reading | Redbridge, Southampton | 52 miles | View |
A34 | Winchester | Salford | 200 miles | View |
A35 | Honiton | Swaythling, Southampton | 97 miles | View |
A36 | Bath | Totton | 64.8 miles | View |
A259 | Folkestone | Havant | 120 miles | View |
A272 | Sutton Scotney | Five Ashes | 86.0 miles | View |
A287 | Haslemere | Hook | 21.3 miles | View |
A288 | Hilsea | Portsmouth | 6.4 miles | View |
A303 | Popham | Upottery | 95 miles | View |
A323 | Guildford | Hartley Wintney | 18.0 miles | View |
A325 | Bagshot | Longmoor Camp | 23.1 miles | View |
A326 | Ower | Holbury | 11.2 miles | View |
A326 | Farnham | Sheet | 15.1 miles | View |
A327 | Farnborough | Reading | 18.9 miles | View |
A331 | Blackwater | Tongham | 7.9 miles | View |
A333 | St Cross, Winchester | Cosham | 21 miles | View |
A334 | Wickham | Bitterne | 9.1 miles | View |
A335 | Southampton | Chandler's Ford and Allbrook | 8.6 miles | View |
A336 | Totton | Cadnam | 4.2 miles | View |
A337 | Cadnam | Christchurch | 21.7 miles | View |
A338 | Bournemouth | Bessels Leigh | 90.4 miles | View |
A339 | Newbury | Alton | 34.7 miles | View |
A340 | Basingstoke | Pangbourne | 18.9 miles | View |
A341 | Winchester | Lopcombe Corner | 15.8 miles | View |
A342 | Andover | Derry Hill | 33.1 miles | View |
A343 | Lopcombe Corner | Newbury | 26.7 miles | View |
A344 | Weyhill | Heytesbury | 24.5 miles | View |
A346 | Shipton Bellinger | Collingbourne Ducis | 6.7 miles | View |
A347 | Ferndown | Bournemouth | 6.7 miles | View |
A354 | Salisbury | Easton, Portland | 53.2 miles | View |
A397 | Portsmouth | Cosham | 0.7 miles | View |
A2011 | Cambridge Road | Clarence Pier | 0.7 miles | View |
A2012 | Newnham | Warnborough Green | 1.3 miles | View |
A2030 | Bedhampton | Portsmouth | 7.5 miles | View |
A2046 | Portsmouth | Milton | 1.7 miles | View |
A2047 | Hilsea | Fratton | 2.7 miles | View |
A2071 | View | |||
A3010 | Basingstoke (E) | Basingstoke (W) | 1.6 miles | View |
A3011 | Farnborough | North Camp | 1.1 miles | View |
A3013 | Farnborough | Fleet | 2.6 miles | View |
A3015 | Ash | Rushmoor Green, Aldershot | 1.8 miles | View |
A3017 | Hilsea | Portsmouth | 1.6 miles | View |
A3018 | Twyford Avenue | Mile End Road | 0.4 miles | View |
A3019 | Commercial Road | Portsmouth Royal Dockyards | 0.7 miles | View |
A3020 | Cowes | Shanklin | 13.9 miles | View |
A3021 | East Cowes | near Wootton Common | 3.0 miles | View |
A3022 | Newport | Ryde | 7.2 miles | View |
A3023 | Havant | South Hayling | 4.9 miles | View |
A3023 | Ryde | Sandown | 6.1 miles | View |
A3024 | Southampton | Bursledon | 6.2 miles | View |
A3025 | Bursledon | Southampton | 3.8 miles | View |
A3035 | Southampton Common | Bitterne, Southampton | 2.1 miles | View |
A3049 | Poole | Boscombe | 8.6 miles | View |
A3049 | Paulsgrove | Hilsea | 1.0 mile | View |
A3051 | Botley | Park Gate | 3.7 miles | View |
A3052 | Salisbury | Cholderton | 9.3 miles | View |
A3054 | Totland | Ryde | 19.3 miles | View |
A3055 | Totland | Ryde | 31.1 miles | View |
A3056 | Blackwater | Lake | 6.7 miles | View |
A3056 | Blackwater | Shanklin | 7.3 miles | View |
A3057 | Southampton | Andover | 25.2 miles | View |
A3060 | Redhill | Iford | 3.5 miles | View |
A3062 | Newnham | Warnborough Green | 1.3 miles | View |
A3067 | Millbrook | Swaythling | 4.3 miles | View |
A3068 | Christchurch | Lymington | 10.5 miles | View |
A3069 | Lymington | Lyndhurst | 8.3 miles | View |
A3090 | Hockley, Winchester | Ower | 14.3 miles | View |
A3091 | Andover Road | High Street | 0.2 miles | View |
A3092 | The Broadway | City Road / Jewry Street / Hyde Street | 0.5 miles | View |
A3093 | Harewood Forest | Andover | 2.0 miles | View |
B2070 | Liphook | Weston | 10.2 miles | View |
B2131 | Ramsnest Common | Liphook | 9.1 miles | View |
B2146 | Petersfield | Bosham | 15.7 miles | View |
B2147 | Emsworth | Racton | 3.2 miles | View |
B2148 | Red Hill | Emsworth | 2.9 miles | View |
B2149 | Langstone | Causeway, Horndean | 6.5 miles | View |
B2150 | Droxford | Bedhampton | 10.8 miles | View |
B2151 | Clarence Parade, Southsea | Bradford Junction, Fratton | 1.0 mile | View |
B2152 | Kingston Road | Holbrook Road | 0.3 miles | View |
B2153 | Victoria Road North | Commercial Road | 1.2 miles | View |
B2154 | Portsea | Eastney | 2.6 miles | View |
B2155 | South Parade | Albert Road | 0.6 miles | View |
B2177 | Bedhampton | Fisher's Pond | 20.4 miles | View |
B2199 | Petersfield | Sheet | 1.2 miles | View |
B3002 | Hindhead | Bordon Camp | 7.4 miles | View |
B3003 | Bordon | Bordon Camp | 0.6 miles | View |
B3004 | Liphook | Alton | 11.7 miles | View |
B3005 | Liss | Rake Common | 1.7 miles | View |
B3006 | Hill Brow | Chawton | 9.4 miles | View |
B3007 | Aldershot | Farnham | 2.8 miles | View |
B3008 | High Street | Farnborough Road | 1.5 miles | View |
B3010 | Fleet Road, Fleet | Aldershot Road, Pondtail | 0.9 miles | View |
B3010 | Aldershot | Crondall | 4.8 miles | View |
B3011 | Hartley Wintney | Heckfield Heath | 3.9 miles | View |
B3012 | Phoenix Green | Odiham | 3.2 miles | View |
B3013 | Warren Corner, Ewshot | Yateley Common | 6.8 miles | View |
B3014 | Farnborough | Cove | 2.5 miles | View |
B3033 | Newtown | Hedge End | 3.4 miles | View |
B3033 | Wickham | Cosham | 6.9 miles | View |
B3034 | Portsmouth & Southsea station | St George's Road | 0.5 miles | View |
B3035 | Corhampton | West End, Southampton | 12.2 miles | View |
B3036 | Hedge End Interchange | Hedge End | 1.4 miles | View |
B3036 | Botley | Fisher's Pond | 5.3 miles | View |
B3037 | Lower Upham | Eastleigh | 4.6 miles | View |
B3038 | Itchen Bridge | Northam Road | 0.7 miles | View |
B3039 | Itchen Bridge | Queen's Park, Southampton | 0.33 miles | View |
B3040 | Pitt Roundabout | North Walls | 2.0 miles | View |
B3040 | Bernard Street | Canute Road | 0.1 miles | View |
B3040 | Southampton Common | Bitterne Station | 2.1 miles | View |
B3041 | Romsey Road, Winchester | Andover Road, Winchester | 1.4 miles | View |
B3041 | Bernard Street | Town Quay | 0.2 miles | View |
B3042 | Southampton | Andover | 22.5 miles | View |
B3043 | Chandler's Ford | Hursley | 3.1 miles | View |
B3044 | St Paul's Hill | City Road | 0.24 miles | View |
B3044 | Hyde Street | Bridge Street | 0.6 miles | View |
B3045 | Andover Road | Worthy Road | 0.21 miles | View |
B3045 | St Paul's Hill | Andover Road | 0.2 miles | View |
B3046 | Basingstoke | New Cheriton | 17.7 miles | View |
B3047 | Bishops Sutton bypass | North Walls, Winchester | 10.8 miles | View |
B3048 | Hurstbourne Tarrant | Wherwell | 11.1 miles | View |
B3049 | Stockbridge | Winchester | 8.6 miles | View |
B3049 | Micheldever Station | Andover | 9.7 miles | View |
B3050 | Andover Town railway station | Andover Junction railway station | 0.5 miles | View |
B3051 | Overton | Heath End | 10.8 miles | View |
B3052 | Church Street | Worting Road | 0.3 miles | View |
B3053 | Holbury | Calshot | 3.1 miles | View |
B3054 | Dibden Purlieu | Buckland | 10.1 miles | View |
B3055 | Hatchet Gate | Hinton | 13.9 miles | View |
B3056 | Lyndhurst | Beaulieu | 7.1 miles | View |
B3056 | Lyndhurst | Lymington | 8.2 miles | View |
B3057 | Brooklands | Lyndhurst | 0.4 miles | View |
B3057 | Otterbourne | Hursley | 2.4 miles | View |
B3057 | Bassett Cross | Winchester Road | 0.6 miles | View |
B3057 | St Cross | Oliver's Battery | 1.7 miles | View |
B3058 | Holmsley | Everton | 8.8 miles | View |
B3059 | Somerford | Pokesdown | 5.2 miles | View |
B3060 | Iford | Muscliff | 3.2 miles | View |
B3061 | Boscombe | West Howe | 5.0 miles | View |
B3062 | Littledown | Lansdowne | 2.6 miles | View |
B3063 | Wimborne Road | Castle Lane West | 1.8 miles | View |
B3064 | Wimborne Road, Bournemouth | Christchurch Road, Bournemouth | 1.1 miles | View |
B3065 | Bournemouth Square | Old Christchurch Road | 0.3 miles | View |
B3066 | Bournemouth station | Westbourne | 1.8 miles | View |
B3067 | Poole Road | Poole Road | 0.2 miles | View |
B3073 | Christchurch | Wimborne Minster | 11.8 miles | View |
B3076 | Totton By-Pass (W) | Totton By-Pass (E) | 0.5 miles | View |
B3077 | Lyndhurst Road | Southampton Road | 0.2 miles | View |
B3078 | Brook | Pamphill, Wimborne Minster | 26.6 miles | View |
B3079 | Cadnam | Landford | 5.4 miles | View |
B3080 | Bramshaw Telegraph | Wick | 5.5 miles | View |
B3081 | Ashley | Prestleigh | 45.2 miles | View |
B3084 | Romsey (N) | Shipton Bellinger (S) | 18.9 miles | View |
B3166 | North Camp | Ash Vale | 0.58 miles | View |
B3208 | Aldershot | Farnham | 2.1 miles | View |
B3272 | Farnborough Green | Eversley | 6.9 miles | View |
B3320 | Medina Road | Newport Road | 0.21 miles | View |
B3321 | Osborne House | York Avenue | 0.9 miles | View |
B3322 | Totland | The Needles | 1.9 miles | View |
B3323 | Shorwell | Newport | 5.4 miles | View |
B3324 | Carisbrooke Road | St James's Street | 0.33 miles | View |
B3325 | Cowes (Marina) | Northwood | 2.1 miles | View |
B3325 | Freshwater | Lake | 26.6 miles | View |
B3326 | George Street | East Hill Road | 0.6 miles | View |
B3326 | Blackwater | Shanklin | 7.3 miles | View |
B3327 | Whiteley Bank | Ventnor | 3.6 miles | View |
B3328 | North Road | High Street | 0.6 miles | View |
B3329 | Avenue Road, Sandown | Beachfield Road, Sandown | 1.38 miles | View |
B3330 | Ryde | Rowborough Corner, near Brading | 5.7 miles | View |
B3330 | Bar End Interchange | Winchester city centre | 1.49 miles | View |
B3331 | Kite Hill | Ferry | 0.4 miles | View |
B3331 | Ryde | St Helens | 2.9 miles | View |
B3331 | Eastgate Street | Jewry Street | 0.41 miles | View |
B3332 | Oakfield | Binstead | 0.9 miles | View |
B3333 | Gosport | Lee-on-the-Solent | 4.3 miles | View |
B3334 | Titchfield | Gosport | 4.8 miles | View |
B3335 | Allbrook | Winchester | 4.3 miles | View |
B3336 | Upper Green Road | Embankment Road | 0.3 miles | View |
B3336 | View | |||
B3340 | Nettlestone | Nettlestone Point | 0.7 miles | View |
B3341 | Carisbrooke Castle | St George's Way, Newport | 1.4 miles | View |
B3342 | Hedge End | Horton Heath | 1.9 miles | View |
B3347 | Christchurch | Ringwood | 8.6 miles | View |
B3349 | Wokingham | Alton | 27.5 miles | View |
B3354 | Botley | Colden Common | 7.1 miles | View |
B3379 | North Waltham | Stockbridge | 14.5 miles | View |
B3380 | Maybush | Wimpson | 0.3 miles | View |
B3385 | Fareham | Lee-on-the-Solent | 3.3 miles | View |
B3386 | Twyford | Shawford | 1.0 mile | View |
B3394 | High Street | Northern Road | 0.1 miles | View |
B3395 | Sandown | St Helens | 7.0 miles | View |
B3396 | High Street | Clay Hill | 1.0 mile | View |
B3397 | Old Netley | Hamble-le-Rice | 2.5 miles | View |
B3398 | Greatbridge Road | Romsey bypass | 0.8 miles | View |
B3399 | Chale | Freshwater Bay | 13.1 miles | View |
B3400 | Basingstoke | Andover | 16.3 miles | View |
B3401 | Newport | Yarmouth | 11.3 miles | View |
B3402 | Churchill Way West | Western Avenue | 1.5 miles | View |
B3403 | Lynchford Road | Farnborough Road | 0.8 miles | View |
B3404 | Bridge Street, Winchester | Percy Hobbs Roundabout, Morn Hill | 2.1 miles | View |
B3406 | Bar End Road | Winchester By-Pass | 0.6 miles | View |
B3420 | Goodworth Clatford | Winchester | 11.6 miles | View |
B4640 | Burghclere | Newtown | 2.1 miles | View |
T6 | London | Portsmouth | View | |
T7 | SW of Basingstoke | Southampton | View | |
T8 | London | Penzance | View | |
T13 | Winchester | Preston | View | |
T37 | Folkestone | Honiton | View | |
T38 | Basingstoke | Newbury | View | |
T39 | West of Southampton | Bath | View |
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